1985 NCAA Tournament Alabama 63, VCU 59 (Second Round) March 17, 1985 • University Arena (Albuquerque, N.M.)
In the last half of their previous game, the Rams’ shots
fell with great frequency, but in the opening half against Alabama, they were unable to connect on almost anything. The defense of Alabama prevented VCU from getting close looks at the basket. VCU was unable to penetrate or get the ball inside, as in the first 20 minutes only seven of the Rams’ shots were taken in the paint, and they managed to hit on only eight of their 23 field attempts (34.8 percent). Despite the cold shooting, the Rams were able to stay with
Alabama for the majority of the game. VCU held the lead for much of the first half, although it was never by more than four points. The Rams held a 17-14 lead with 6:55 remaining before halftime when Mike Schlegel converted on the first of two free throws. At that point, VCU’s fortunes turned. Ala- bama would score nine unanswered points to take the lead at 23-17. The Rams were finally able to halt the run after Michael Brown converted one of two from the charity stripe to give VCU its first point in over four minutes. The Rams did not make a field goal attempt in the closing 9:09 of the first half. VCU improved its shooting performance in the second half
but was unable to gain any ground, as Alabama’s aim also got better. The Crimson Tide would add four more points to their lead before the Rams were finally able to convert a field goal when Rolando Lamb hit a layup. At that point the Rams had gone just over 11 minutes, including the first half, without a basket, but Alabama had just a 10-point lead. VCU chipped away at the lead on several occasions, cutting it once to five, then falling back, only to recover and come within five points again. The efforts proved in vain, however, as the Crimson Tide kept the Rams at bay by hitting their free throws (12-of- 17 in the second half). VCU pulled to within seven at 60-53 with just under a minute left, but its attempts to get back in the game by fouling came up short, and the Rams fell by a final of 63-59.
Alabama
Buck Johnson 1-5 Derrick McKey 3-7 Bobby Lee Hurt 8-10 Mark Gottfried 3-8 Terry Coner Jim Farmer Neal Darrell TOTALS
5-7
4-10 0-1
VCU
Michael Brown 2-9 Neil Wake
0-1
RobertDickerson 1-2 Phil Stinnie
0-0 0-0
Alvin Robinson 0-0 TOTALS
SCORE BY PERIODS Alabama VCU
Attendance: 13,833
FG-A FT-A REB PF TP A TO BK ST Min 4-5 0-1 3-4 4-4 4-6 0-2 0-0
10 3 6 2 1 1 2 35 3 2 6 3 3 3 1 35 13 2 19 0 1 1 0 40 2 2 10 0 4 1 0 20 1 3 14 5 3 0 1 37 2 1 8 0 1 1 0 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
26-62 13-19 38 26 65 9 20 2 8 200
Mike Schlegel 7-12 Calvin Duncan 5-16
FG-A FT-A REB PF TP A TO BK ST Min 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-3
Rolando Lamb 12-23 1-2 Bruce Allen
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
27 19
4 3 5 1 2 0 0 40 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 8 4 15 2 4 0 0 40 8 5 11 1 1 0 0 37 7 5 25 3 2 0 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
27-63 5-13 34 25 59 7 9 0 4 200 1
2 F
36 63 40 59
1996 NCAA Tournament Mississippi State 58, VCU 51 (First Round) March 14, 1996 • RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Ind.)
The first half was a struggle for both teams, as each had
trouble finding the basket. With just over eight minutes played, neither team had scored 10 points. The Rams were the coldest, as they put up 32 shots but were only able to connect on seven of them (21.9 percent). The Bulldogs did not fare much better, as they managed only 31 percent shooting (9-of-29). Mississippi State came out firing in the second half and
started to hit. The Bulldogs went on an 8-2 run to take a 32-22 lead with 15:33 remaining, but that would be their largest lead of the game. VCU spent the next seven minutes slowly chipping away at the deficit, cutting it to six points after a Marcus Reed layup made the score 35-29. The two teams traded runs, then the Rams began to close the gap. After Ty- rone Washington gave the Bulldogs a 40-31 lead with a layup at the 10:17 mark, VCU made its move. Bernard Hopkins was the catalyst, as he hit three free throws and one jump shot to spark the Rams to nine unanswered points, tying the game at 40. The Rams took their only lead of the second half two minutes later when Hopkins converted a layup to put VCU on top 46-45 with 6:07 still on the clock. Mississippi State’s Darryl Wilson answered Hopkins’ chal-
lenge. Wilson scored seven points over the next 2:30, hitting a three-pointer with just over two minutes left that gave the Bulldogs a six-point lead. VCU’s Ivan Chappell answered with a trey of his own just a few seconds later to cut Mississippi State’s edge back to three, 54-51. But the Rams were unable to get any closer, as the Bulldogs hit four free throws in the last 11 seconds to seal a trip to the second round. Hopkins scored 16 points in the second half to lead all
players with 22 points. He also pulled down 11 rebounds for his 18th double-double of the season, a school record. Wilson led three Mississippi State players in double figures with 15 points. The Rams finished the season with a mark of 24-9.
3-pt VCU Ivan Chappell
Bernard Hopkins George Byrd
FG-A FG-A FT-A REB 4-13 2-5 9-20 0-0 1-5
Sherman Hamilton 1-5 Patrick Lee John Smith Ben Peabody Marcus Reed Marlo Talley Scott Marston TOTALS
1-7 0-3 1-2 1-2 0-4 2-3
0-0 0-4 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1
0-0 4-6 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2-1-3
PF TP A TO B ST Min 0 10 0 3 1 1 33
6-5-11 4 22 2 1 0 2 32 1-1-2 1-2-3 2-4-6 0-3-3 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0
1 5 1 1 0 1 31 1 2 4 1 0 2 29 1 3 2 3 1 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 0 2 1 0 17 0 2 1 1 0 2 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 7
20-64 4-17 7-14 14-22-36 12 51 10 12 3 9 200 3-pt
Mississippi State FG-A FG-A FT-A REB Russell Walters Dontae’ Jones Erick Dampier Darryl Wilson Marcus Bullard Whit Hughes Bart Hyche
1-4 0-0
5-12 1-3 6-9
0-0
5-14 2-4 0-5 0-1 3-6
Tyrone Washington 2-3 TOTALS
SCORE BY PERIODS VCU
Mississippi State Attendance: 31,569 76
0-5 0-0 2-4 0-0
1
20 24
0-0 2-2 1-2 3-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-3
2
31 34
1-4-5
PF TP A TO BK ST Min 3 2 1 2 0 0 28
2-8-10 3 13 3 2 1 1 34 1-6-7 2-3-5 1-6-7 1-3-4 1-2-3 1-1-2
4 13 0 1 5 0 26 1 15 1 6 0 0 36 3 0 6 6 0 2 36 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 0 8 1 0 0 1 17 2 5 0 1 0 0 12
22-54 5-16 9-13 12-34-46 16 58 12 20 6 5 200 F
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